Chinese Yam

DIOSCOREA POLYSTACHYA

AKA: cinnamon-vine, Chinese potato or nagaimo
Family: Dioscoreaceae

Perennial

Chinese Yam
Tororo

Greated Chinese Yam

Chinese Yam


The Dioscoreaceae Family

a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants
AKA: the yam family


Kingdom: Plantae   Clades: Tracheophytes, Angiosperms, Monocots   Order: Dioscoreales